Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1.29
Options Bar
You can dock the Options Bar at the top of the screen, below the ribbon
(which is the default location), or at the bottom of the screen, just above the
status bar. Right-click the Options Bar to change its docked position.
Properties Palette
The Properties palette is a dialog box that can stay open all the time and
allows you to access the properties of items in your project. This feature
reduces the number of mouse clicks necessary to access the properties of
a model object or project component. You can dock the Properties palette
to the sides of the screen or at the top of the drawing area just below the
Options Bar, or it can float. If you dock the Properties palette to the same
side of the screen as the Project Browser, there are two options for how they
canbedisplayed.Youcaneithershowboth,splitinthedockedspaceasseen
in
Figure 1.30
,
or have them both occupy the same docked space, depending
on how you drag them to the docked space. A gray box appears to indicate
whether they will split or share the space.
